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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Hi Rita,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Congratulations to your new Kiev 60! </span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'>Itīs one of the three 120
Cameras I have been using and I was very pleased with it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Perhapes you have to move the transport
lever twice. This is what I had to do with mine to avoid overlapping images. I
never owned a Pentacon Six. But I was told that the pressure the camera has to
put on the film is better with <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kiev</st1:place></st1:City>
60 then with the Pentacon Six. I also heard, that the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Kiev</st1:place></st1:City> 60 ground glass is brighter than the one
of the Pentacon Six. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I think one of the greatest
advantages of the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kiev</st1:place></st1:City>
60, Pentacon 6 (and Exakta 66, a western made camera with the same lens mount) –“family”
is the choice of good and still affordable lenses. An Arsat fisheye 30mm lens is
very good and still available for about 160 Euros NEW. Any western 120 camera
fisheye will be out of reach. Itīs the same with 500mm telephoto lenses.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I regret a little having given
away my <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kiev</st1:place></st1:City>
60. It always served me well.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Ole <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Von:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
cinema-bounces@konvas.org [mailto:cinema-bounces@konvas.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Im Auftrag von </span></b>Speedbirdmgh@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Gesendet:</span></b> Montag, </span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>23. März
2009 13:10<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>An:</span></b> cinema@konvas.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Betreff:</span></b> Re: [Konvas] Kiev 60</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Just to let you know that I have bought a
new Kiev 60.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I am please with it except for the
weight. The top prism seem to be 50% of the total weight of the camera.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Although I am worried about the build
quality especially the mechanism which sounds as know its a bit dry, so will
give it a tiny amount of white grease on the "wobbly" bits.
Its S/N starts with 90 so assume its a 1990 and the prism starts with 91. Quite
an impressive looking camera and being heavy I will probably use it as
a waist level camera and use the neck strap. I noticed that in the
instructions which seems to printed on 'toilet paper', it says that this camera
is for 'amateur use' only, by that I assume it will not stand up to studio
use or heavy handed stuff as with Rollieflex.Hassie,Mamiya etc. Anyway, the
lens might look as though it will do the business, so will see this week when I
will fire off 6 rolls of Fuji. Will look better if they put some chrome on it
just to make it a bit smarter! I wonder if the Pentacon 6 is made better?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>For you collectors out there, I have also
bought a Mamiya and a Micro Precision Products (MPP) 5X4 and a
Microcord 120. The last two were bought out of nostalgia reasons as I used to
pass the factory twice a day and never knew what they made. I thought they made
precision stuff for the military but they made a whole bunch of cameras. Some
were for the military but mostly press cameras and the like. They are now
highly collectable (so I am told) so I bought two. Very precisely made with
lots of nickel plating. They stopped making cameras in 1990 due to the death of
the owner Mr Dell. Understand his son went into the computer business !!!.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Anybody know a cheap way of
Fuji 120 processing?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Thought some of you might be
interested. Rita<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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